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Mandated to investigate and certify all deaths that occur within West Virginia that are the result of violence, suspected violence, accidents, during incarceration, potential hazards to the public safety or health, and all unattended or unexplained deaths

To improve environmental health protection for every West Virginia citizen and visitor through quality programs that are designed and administered to serve, educate and regulate in the least restrictive and most efficient manner.

The Health Statistics Center has two main functions: to be the state's official repository of vital records and to analyze and make available information from vital records and other health-related data sources to inform planning and policy decisions

West Virginia Office of Laboratory Services support state and local infectious disease control efforts through diagnostic testing, preventing metabolic disorders detectable at birth, and assuring quality testing in clinical and environmental laboratories

The WV Center for Performance Management and Systems Development is dedicated to supporting performance and quality improvement initiatives of the Bureau for Public Health, the state’s local health departments and other public health system partners in We

The Center for Local Health is under the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Public Health. The Center for Local Health provides technical support and assistance to forty-nine (49) autonomous local boards of health.

Welcome to the Bureau for Public Health

Welcome to the Bureau for Public Health website. Service, Quality, Integrity, Accountability and Collaboration are the keys to our success. We hope you find our website to be helpful and look forward to serving you.

Mission

The Mission of the Bureau for Public Health is to have healthy people and communities and to help shape the environments within which people and communities can be safe and healthy.

A community can be as small as a neighborhood or as large as the entire state. In fulfilling our Mission, the Bureau embraces the values of community, science and evidence-based decision making, health equity, prevention and wellness, and the protection and improvement of the health of all West Virginians.